Click on Each Picture for a Closer Look! . Many different groups are involved in carrying out the many tasks required to make the renovation and restoration of the roundhouse happen. Representatives of these groups meet frequently in what are know as Stakeholder Meetings to work through the many challenges
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The pictures above are samples from a new feature of the TRHA website – our “From The Archives” area. Here, we will periodically post longer articles which begin to provide us with a rich portrait of the railway history of Toronto
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Here is a view of roundhouse park that we haven’t seen for quite a while. You can see the “shrink-wrapped” rolling stock clearly and the prepared areas between the turntable pit and the roundhouse. . By Russ Milland
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . This last weekend’s work team had a really successful work bash yesterday thanks to Arno, Bob, Mike S. and Ron. In stall 17 we used Elwell to shift the yellow platform north just enough to clear the space needed for
Click on the picture for a closer look! . The Toronto Railway Historical Association (TRHA) is primarily focused on the development of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre in downtown Toronto as a means of capturing the rich railway history of Toronto and its surrounding communities. . To make this happen,
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The roundhouse included a 10 ton overhead crane originally installed in stall 12. It is shown in the picture at the upper left. Last weekend, a TRHA crew moved the crane carriage and hoist into the machine shop for safe storage
Click on each picture for a closer look. . . . The project to restore three of our historic Toronto railway structures – the John Street Crossing Keepers House, Cabin D and the Cabin D Tool Shed (now stored in and behind the roundhouse) – has now begun. In preparation
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . Last week, work also began on the concrete supports for the wooden posts that hold the roundhouse locomotive doors open. . By Michael Guy, TRHA http://www.trha.ca
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Contractors continue to work on the restoration of the interior of the roundhouse. Here are some pictures of work being undertaken last week. . In the picture at left, scaffolding was erected on Thursday to allow remedial work
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . The miniature railway planned for Roundhouse Park will require many wooden ties once we assemble the track. On Saturday, a nine-man TRHA team set up two workstations and in three hours cut over 1,700 new ties. . The picture